Archeage

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER pairing delivers a playable but resolution-sensitive experience in Archeage, with performance scaling that clearly identifies the GPU as the primary bottleneck as pixel count rises. The data shows a steep drop-off when moving from 1080p to 4K, with the Ultra preset becoming largely unplayable at higher resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS rows reveal a classic GPU-bound scaling pattern across the three tested resolutions. At 1080p with Low settings, the combo produces 142 FPS average, which drops to 96 FPS at 1440p and further to 55 FPS at 4K. That represents a 39 FPS loss from 1080p to 1440p, and another 41 FPS loss moving to 4K. The scaling is nearly linear in absolute terms, but the percentage drop accelerates at higher resolutions.

For High settings, the pattern is similar but with a lower ceiling. The combo achieves 86 FPS at 1080p, 58 FPS at 1440p, and 33 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 28 FPS (a 32.6% reduction), while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 25 FPS (a 43.1% reduction). This accelerating loss indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER's memory bandwidth and pixel throughput are being saturated as resolution increases.

Medium settings show the most complete data, with min and max FPS recorded at every resolution. At 1080p Medium, the average is 126 FPS with a minimum of 107 FPS and maximum of 145 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 85 FPS with a range of 72 to 98 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average falls to 49 FPS with a range of 41 to 56 FPS. The min-to-max spread narrows slightly at higher resolutions, suggesting that frame time consistency improves when the GPU is more fully utilized.

Ultra settings provide the clearest evidence of the GPU bottleneck. At 1080p Ultra, the average is 59 FPS, which is playable but not smooth by modern standards. At 1440p Ultra, the average drops to 39 FPS, and at 4K Ultra, it falls to 23 FPS. The delta between Medium and Ultra at each resolution is substantial: 67 FPS at 1080p, 46 FPS at 1440p, and 26 FPS at 4K. This narrowing delta at higher resolutions confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor — when the GPU is already saturated at 4K, the difference between Medium and Ultra settings becomes less impactful.

The CPU's role in resolution scaling is minimal. The Ryzen 5 8400F's single-thread performance, as indicated by a 3DMark single-thread score of 951, is sufficient to feed the GPU even at 1080p where the CPU typically matters most. The fact that FPS scales down consistently with resolution rather than plateauing at a CPU-imposed limit suggests the 8400F is not the constraint in this title.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured rows, the Medium preset offers the best balance of performance and visual quality across all three resolutions. At 1080p Medium, the combo delivers 126 FPS average with a minimum of 107 FPS, which provides a comfortable margin above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The minimum frame rate of 107 FPS indicates that even demanding scenes in Archeage's MMORPG environments will maintain fluid motion.

At 1440p Medium, the average of 85 FPS with a minimum of 72 FPS remains fully playable. The 72 FPS floor is above the 60 FPS target, meaning the experience will feel consistent even during large-scale battles or crowded cities. This makes 1440p Medium the highest resolution and quality combination that maintains a reliable 60+ FPS experience.

The High preset is viable at 1080p with an 86 FPS average, but the lack of min FPS data makes it harder to guarantee consistency. At 1440p High, the 58 FPS average dips below the 60 FPS line, which could result in noticeable stutter in heavy combat scenarios. For 4K gaming, no preset is truly comfortable: Medium averages 49 FPS, High averages 33 FPS, and Ultra averages 23 FPS. The 4K Medium minimum of 41 FPS suggests frequent drops below 45 FPS, which most players would find unacceptable for an MMORPG.

The Low preset is technically playable at all resolutions — 142 FPS at 1080p, 96 FPS at 1440p, and 55 FPS at 4K — but the visual compromise is severe for a game that relies on environmental detail. The data suggests that players with 1080p or 1440p displays should use Medium settings, while 4K users should either accept Medium's 49 FPS average or drop to a lower internal resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 2147 out of 3708 tested combinations in Archeage, placing it in the 42nd percentile of all tested systems. This mid-pack positioning reflects a balanced pairing where neither component is exceptionally strong for this title. The RTX 2070 SUPER sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs, while the Ryzen 5 8400F ranks at the 77th percentile among all CPUs. The combo's lower rank relative to its individual components suggests that Archeage's engine does not scale perfectly with this hardware configuration.

The GPU's nearest rivals provide context for its performance tier. The RTX 2070 SUPER has an average benchmark score of 20282, which is 1% below the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20480), 1.2% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20534), 1.3% below the Intel Arc B570 (20556), and 1.5% below the Intel Arc A750 (20582). These small deltas indicate that the RTX 2070 SUPER is firmly in the upper-midrange tier, and any of these rival cards would likely produce similar FPS results in Archeage.

The CPU's nearest rivals show an even tighter cluster. The Ryzen 5 8400F's average benchmark score of 25005 is 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F (24964), 0.3% above the Intel Core i7-11850H (24935), 0.4% above the Intel Core i7-13620H (24911), and 0.4% below the AMD EPYC 9474F (25103). These sub-0.5% deltas mean that swapping to any of these CPUs would have no measurable impact on Archeage performance, reinforcing that the GPU is the determining factor in this combo's ranking.

The combo's rank of 2147 out of 3708 means that roughly 42% of tested systems perform better in Archeage. Given that the GPU is the bottleneck, systems with faster GPUs will rank higher regardless of CPU choice, while systems with similar GPUs will land in the same general range.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS table shows 12 distinct configurations across three resolutions and four settings levels. At 1080p, the combo produces 142 FPS on Low, 126 FPS on Medium (min 107, max 145), 86 FPS on High, and 59 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 83 FPS, indicating that visual settings have a massive impact on performance at this resolution.

At 1440p, the numbers are 96 FPS on Low, 85 FPS on Medium (min 72, max 98), 58 FPS on High, and 39 FPS on Ultra. The Low-to-Ultra spread narrows to 57 FPS, showing that resolution increases compress the settings range. The Medium preset's minimum of 72 FPS is notably strong, suggesting that 1440p Medium is the sweet spot for this hardware.

At 4K, the performance collapses to 55 FPS on Low, 49 FPS on Medium (min 41, max 56), 33 FPS on High, and 23 FPS on Ultra. The Low-to-Ultra spread is just 32 FPS, and even the best-case Low preset fails to reach 60 FPS. The Medium preset's maximum of 56 FPS shows that even the best-case scenario at 4K is below the 60 FPS target.

Comparing the Medium preset across resolutions provides the cleanest scaling picture: 126 FPS at 1080p, 85 FPS at 1440p, and 49 FPS at 4K. This represents a 32.5% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 42.4% drop from 1440p to 4K. The increasing percentage loss confirms that the RTX 2070 SUPER's 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 113.3 GPixel/s pixel rate are progressively overwhelmed as pixel count increases.

GPU Role

The RTX 2070 SUPER is clearly the dominant factor in this combo's Archeage performance. The GPU's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gaming but becomes strained at 4K. The 4K Medium minimum FPS of 41 suggests that memory bandwidth is a limiting factor when texture detail increases.

The GPU's clock speeds — 1605 MHz base and 1770 MHz boost — are modest by current standards, but they are paired with 2560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 283.2 GTexel/s determine how quickly the GPU can fill and texture frames. At 4K, the 23 FPS Ultra result indicates that the ROP and TMU throughput is insufficient for high-detail rendering at that resolution.

The GPU's 65th percentile ranking among all GPUs places it in the upper-midrange tier. Its average benchmark score of 20282 is close to its nearest rivals, with the Quadro M4000M just 1% ahead, the RTX 3070 Mobile 1.2% ahead, and the Arc B570 1.3% ahead. This tight clustering means that Archeage performance would be nearly identical with any of these GPUs. The 12 nm process node and 13,600 million transistors on a 545 mm² die contribute to a 215 W TDP, which is substantial but manageable in a dual-slot cooler.

The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) ensures compatibility with modern rendering features, but Archeage's 2014 release date means it likely does not utilize these advanced APIs. The Vulkan 1.4 and OpenGL 4.6 support provide alternative rendering paths, but the measured FPS data suggests the game is primarily limited by raw rasterization throughput rather than API-specific features.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 8400F plays a supporting role in this combo, providing enough processing power to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 2070 SUPER. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads on the Zen 4 architecture with a 4.20 GHz base clock and 4.70 GHz boost clock deliver strong single-threaded performance, which is critical for MMORPGs that often rely on a single main thread for game logic.

The CPU's benchmark results show balanced performance: a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and single-core score of 2943. The 3DMark single-thread score of 951 and 2-thread score of 1874 indicate that the CPU can handle the lightly-threaded workloads typical of Archeage's game logic. The 16 MB shared L3 cache and 1 MB L2 per core provide sufficient caching for the game's data access patterns.

The CPU's 77th percentile ranking among all CPUs places it above the GPU's 65th percentile, meaning the CPU has more headroom relative to its peers. The nearest rival data confirms this: the Ryzen 5 8400F's average score of 25005 is within 0.4% of all four listed rivals, including the Ryzen 5 7500F (24964), Core i7-11850H (24935), Core i7-13620H (24911), and EPYC 9474F (25103). Any of these CPUs would produce identical Archeage frame rates with the same GPU.

The CPU's 65 W TDP and 4 nm process node from TSMC with 25,000 million transistors on a 178 mm² die make it an efficient part, but these characteristics do not directly impact gaming performance. The DDR5 memory support with dual-channel configuration and 83.2 GB/s bandwidth provides ample memory throughput for the GPU to access. The PCIe Gen 4 interface with 20 lanes ensures the GPU is not bandwidth-limited, though the RTX 2070 SUPER's PCIe 3.0 x16 interface does not fully utilize Gen 4 bandwidth.

The measured FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K confirms that the CPU is not the limiting component. If the CPU were the bottleneck, FPS would remain relatively flat across resolutions as the GPU waited for CPU instructions. Instead, the consistent FPS drops at each resolution step indicate that the GPU is fully saturated, with the CPU comfortably keeping up with the GPU's frame production. The 142 FPS at 1080p Low likely approaches the CPU's maximum frame output for this game, but the GPU's performance at higher settings and resolutions is the determining factor in the combo's overall ranking.